Overview of finished projects
Overview of finished research projects on Industrial Ecology. Projects are ordered by end-date.
Finished projects
Recommended weighting methods
In this project the field of weighting methods was surveyed, developing a framework for typifying options. Next, three basic approaches were chosen, each most consistent in itself, and filled with a number of operational methods. The applicability of the weighting methods was expanded to the broadest and most generally specified level, based on the ILCD Handbook on LCIA as the reference for characterisation in LCA.
Handbook on LCA
Writing an operational guide to the ISO standards for LCA and related sub-projects.
Linkages of Sustainability
Exploring linkages between energe and material use and implications for sustainable development
BioSustain
Examining the sustainability aspects of biotechnology, especially those related to the production of ethanol from biomass
Exiopol
A new environmental accounting framework using externality data and input-output tools for policy analysis
Data Centres for Natural Recources and Products
Creating information portals for support of European environmental policy
CO2-Calculator
Development of GHG calculator for bio-electricity and heat.
Calcas
Co-ordination Action for Innovation in Life-Cycle Analysis for Sustainability: deepening, broadening and leaping forward the LCA methodology.
ReCiPe
Aligning the Ecoindictor'99 and LCA Guide 2001 impact assessment methods.
Analysis of Energy Systems
Description of project
Material constraints of selected energy pathways
Examining if large scale application of new energy pathways can be constrained by materials and emissions.
Impacts of the use of Natural Resources and Products
Development of an aggregated impact indicator to measure decoupling
Policy Review on Decoupling
Development of indicators to assess decoupling of economic development and environmental pressure in the EU-25 and AC-3 countries.
Environmental Impacts of Diet Changes
Evaluating the environmental consequences of diet changes in the European Union.
LCA of Printed and E-paper Documents
Comparing the global warming potential (GWP) of the service provided by an iRex Digital Reader to the same service provided by an office printer using a scanning LCA.
Evaluation of the environmental impact of products (EIPRO)
Identification of the products or product groups that have the greatest environmental impact from a life-cycle perspective using environmentally extended input-output analysis.
Biotic ligand models
Description of Biotic ligand models: making an inventory of available models & assessment of the variability of the predicted HC5 using the BLMs in different Dutch water types (2005 - 2007)
Abiotic depletion in LCIA
Possible improvements for the assessment of abiotic depletion in LCA.
Metals in LCIA
A critical look at the impact assessment modelling of metals in Life Cycle Impact Assessment and improvement options.
